Stuck in harbour . . .

[LittleSister]

You know how you can get stuck in harbour for some long-seeming days by weather or repairs . . .

Round-the-world cruise delay keeps passengers in Belfast for three months

 

[mjcoon]

This thread is adjacent to the 90/180 day shuffle thread. I don't think the TV item said anything about visa implications in Belfast...

 

[johnalison]

It can’t be as bad as the week we were stuck in Boulogne.

 

[WoodyP]

I enjoyed Boulogne. Your standards must be higher than mine.

 

[Bobc]

I'm stuck in St. Martin de Re at the moment. What could be worse than that.

 

[st599]

This thread is adjacent to the 90/180 day shuffle thread. I don't think the TV item said anything about visa implications in Belfast...

UK visas are for 6 months.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I'm stuck in St. Martin de Re at the moment. What could be worse than that.

We spent a week stuck in Dartmouth in the pouring rain and F6 wind with 3 adults and 2 small children on a F27 trimaran. We were quite fed up with ‘snap’ after day 2.

 

[johnalison]

I enjoyed Boulogne. Your standards must be higher than mine.

Indeed. We never paid less than thirty francs for a litre of wine, though we didn’t turn our noses up at plastic bottles.

 

[WoodyP]

Indeed. We never paid less than thirty francs for a litre of wine, though we didn’t turn our noses up at plastic bottles.

There's posh.

 

[RivalRedwing]

I'm stuck in St. Martin de Re at the moment. What could be worse than that.

Calais

 

[capnsensible]

If there is a bar and a kebab shop, what's the problem ?

 

[john_morris_uk]

Try Cambletown for a week of gales waiting to round the Mull. It coincided with Mrs M’s birthday. No problem. We’ll go out for a nice meal in a nice restaurant.

There aren’t any.

One morning in the rain, we thought we’d go for a coffee. The best place we found was the cafe in the leisure centre. So we sat at plastic tables on plastic chairs drinking instant coffee out of plastic throw away cups watching the swimmers through the glass.

I love Scotland and lived there for a few years but Cambletown in the rain wasn’t a high light.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

If there is a bar and a kebab shop, what's the problem ?

Nothing much matters after a bar. Hence the existence of kebab shops. Does anyone eat them sober?

 

[ashtead]

Try Cambletown for a week of gales waiting to round the Mull. It coincided with Mrs M’s birthday. No problem. We’ll go out for a nice meal in a nice restaurant.

There aren’t any.

One morning in the rain, we thought we’d go for a coffee. The best place we found was the cafe in the leisure centre. So we sat at plastic tables on plastic chairs drinking instant coffee out of plastic throw away cups watching the swimmers through the glass.

I love Scotland and lived there for a few years but Cambletown in the rain wasn’t a high light.

Sounds like Gosport or Poole though -at least the fleshpots of Gunwharf offers some relief down south to the storm bound sailor in need of more tempting fare.

 

[MontyMariner]

I've just had a month away and got held up by the weather extremes a couple of times, no wind or gales, but it was worth the wait for the good sail I had afterwards. Several hours of motoring or beating into a strong wind isn't fun for me.

 

[capnsensible]

Try Cambletown for a week of gales waiting to round the Mull. It coincided with Mrs M’s birthday. No problem. We’ll go out for a nice meal in a nice restaurant.

There aren’t any.

One morning in the rain, we thought we’d go for a coffee. The best place we found was the cafe in the leisure centre. So we sat at plastic tables on plastic chairs drinking instant coffee out of plastic throw away cups watching the swimmers through the glass.

I love Scotland and lived there for a few years but Cambletown in the rain wasn’t a high light.

A Cambletown dit.

I had organised some 'adventurous training' with some of us on HMS/M Sceptre on a Nicholson 55. Was a bit of a blast around the Western Isles. In Cambeltown, the skipper decided to change berths a couple of times. I liked this coz he was training me on the helm. But as it was raining, the crew were a bit dischuffed but they got over it when we got to the pub.

The interesting part was that the pub had an upstairs function room where there was a hen party going on. They had booked a male stripper who failed to turn up. So with the teeniest bit of prompting, two of our lads did some voluntary replacement work for the girls. They were gone for some time.

So it's not just Royal Marines who get there kit off in pubs!!

 

[mil1194]

You know how you can get stuck in harbour for some long-seeming days by weather or repairs . . .

Round-the-world cruise delay keeps passengers in Belfast for three months

They’re having a grand time so they are.

 

[Poignard]

When I was 2nd Engineer in the m/v Gomba Enterprise we spent a few weeks anchored in Alexandria unable to move until the ship's owners settled a little matter of some unpaid bills.

We were not allowed ashore, and were very short of food (except for steaks and, thanks to some mismanagement by the cook, maple syrup) and fresh water which the port authorities would not allow to be sent out to us.

However, on reflection, I think that would have been preferable to 3 months in Belfast in a ship full of Americans.

 

[Bobc]

If there is a bar and a kebab shop, what's the problem ?

I can't find a kebab shop. What am I to do?

 

[Poignard]

Eat your deck shoes. They'll probably taste better!